1) based on research discussed in the text, as a future school administrator which of the
following would be the least effective method for reducing aggression in your school?
a. implementing a conflict resolution program
b. encouraging peer mediation of disputes
c. adhering to a strict expulsion policy for aggressive behavior
d. developing skill-building programs for socially immature children
2) caroline just received an a on her social studies essay. which of the following
statements reflects caroline exhibiting an external locus of control?
a. i studied the topic really hard.
b. i have good writing skills, which helped me prepare a good essay.
c. im so smart!
d. i was really lucky!
3) for women, the risk of conceiving a child with down syndrome increases after age 35
because:
a. compared to younger women, older women are less physically fit.
b. nature did not intend for women in their forties and fifties to have children.
c. there is a greater likelihood that their ova have been exposed to diseases.
d. none of these
4) during which stage of prenatal development does the zygote travel down the
fallopian tube and implant itself on the uterine wall?
a. embryonic
b. fetal
c. germinal
d. mitosis
5) mr. anderson, a reading teacher, instructs his students on how to decode and
comprehend words. he teaches these strategies in isolation from the actual reading of
stories. mr. anderson uses the ______ approach to the teaching of reading.
a. holistic
b. skills-based
c. metalinguistic
d. integrated
6) information gathered through self-report methods often needs to be confirmed by
more than one source because of the problem of:
a. social desirability.
b. triangulation.
c. event sampling.
d. research ethics.
7) given the research on adolescent sleep needs, if you were a school administrator, how
would you adjust the typical pattern of school starting times in the u.s. today?
a. begin school a little earlier
b. begin school much earlier
c. begin school later.
d. keep the starting time the same
8) according to the text, which theory of language acquisition provides the most
comprehensive and flexible explanation?
a. interactionist
b. maturationist
c. behaviorist
d. nativist
9) which of the following statements regarding corporal punishment is false?
a. boys generally experience more corporal punishment than girls.
b. corporal punishment, when used judiciously, is an effective form of discipline.
c. about one-third of parents of infants use spanking as a method of discipline.
d. the frequency of corporal punishment is affected by factors like parental age,
ethnicity, and social class.
10) as a first-grade teacher, which memory strategy would you expect to appear first in
your students?
a. elaboration
b. rehearsal
c. organization
d. creativity
11) cindi is a fourth-grade student who is being tested for a gifted program. she is given
an intelligence test that contains ten subtests divided into two scales, verbal and
performance. which test is cindi taking?
a. stanford-binet intelligence scale
b. iowa test of basic skills
c. wechsler intelligence scale for children
d. national assessment of educational progress